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South Africa’ s digital entities improve audit outcomes
South Africa’ s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies( DCDT) has reported improved governance and audit outcomes across several of its entities for the 2025 / 26 financial year.
Sentech, the Film and Publication Board( FPB) and the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa( NEMISA) achieved clean audits, while the South African Post Office( SAPO) received an unqualified audit opinion for the first time in six years.
The results were presented during the entities’ respective Annual General Meetings and, according to the Department, demonstrate progress in strengthening governance, accountability and financial management across its portfolio.
DCDT attributed the improvements to increased oversight and measures aimed at addressing recurring audit findings. These include closer monitoring of audit action plans, strengthening accountability structures and ensuring that management teams and boards maintain effective internal control environments.
The Department said the measures form part of a broader strategy to develop high-performing and well-governed ICT public entities capable of supporting South Africa’ s digital transformation agenda.
While welcoming the results, DCDT said clean and unqualified audits were not an end in themselves but provided a foundation for institutions to deliver more effectively on their mandates.
The Department plans to continue working with the leadership and boards of its entities to resolve outstanding governance and audit matters.
Afreximbank and ZEP-RE deepen trade and risk management partnership
African Export-Import Bank( Afreximbank) and ZEP-RE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen professional and institutional capacity in trade, insurance, reinsurance, risk management and trade facilitation across Africa.
The three-year agreement brings together Afreximbank Academy( AFRACAD) and ZEP-RE Academy to develop learning, research and knowledge programmes combining the organisations’ expertise.
Under the partnership, the institutions will co-create digital learning content, including e-learning courses, toolkits and African case studies. They will also jointly develop professional and executive programmes covering areas such as risk and reinsurance, trade guarantees, trade facilitation, financial infrastructure and market development.
The collaboration will additionally support research and thought leadership through joint studies, webinars, policy dialogues and industry forums involving practitioners, regulators, development partners and private-sector leaders.
Stephen Kauma, Group Managing Director, Human Resources at Afreximbank, said:“ Africa’ s ability to expand trade and investment depends on more than financial resources and infrastructure. It also depends on knowledge, skills and institutional capacity across our markets.”
Jephita Gwatipedza, Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer at ZEP-RE, said:“ Trade cannot expand sustainably unless the institutions that finance
and facilitate it can also understand, price and manage the risks involved.”
The agreement builds on an existing partnership between the two institutions. In 2025, they launched the Trans-Africa Bond Alliance( TABA) to strengthen insurance capacity and facilitate crossborder trade. www. intelligentcio. com
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